The effect of anxiety on cardiovascular risk in healthy ageing women
- Research Opportunity
- Honours students
- Number of Honour Places Available
- 1
- Department / Centre
- Medicine and Radiology
- Location
- Royal Melbourne Hospital
| Primary Supervisor | Number | Webpage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Cassandra Szoeke | healthy-ageing@unimelb.edu.au |
| Co-supervisor | Number | Webpage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Lorraine Dennerstein | ldenn@unimelb.edu.au |
Summary This project will consider whether the presence of anxiety symptoms is related to increase Cardiovascular Risk in a cohort of healthy ageing women from the Women’s Healthy Ageing Project (WHAP).
Project Details
Project description: Mental health is a key predictor of overall health and wellbeing. Anxiety is widely
considered to be positively correlated to cardiovascular risk, and is thought to be responsible for exacerbating existing cardiovascular conditions. However the precise mechanism of this pathophysiology has not yet been discovered. This project will consider whether the presence of anxiety symptoms is related to increase Cardiovascular Risk in a cohort of healthy ageing women from the Women’s Healthy Ageing Project (WHAP).
The main opportunities for this project are:
- An opportunity for publication
- Hands-on involvement in participant evaluation
- Work with a large database with over 20 years of lifestyle data
This project would be suited to someone with an interest in cardiovascular health.
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Research Opportunities
Honours students
Students who are interested in joining this project will need to consider their elegibility as well as other requirements before contacting the supervisor of this research
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Department / Centre
Research Node
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